Thinking outside of the box ping!
The first is from the American Legislative Exchange Council and is about 90% accurate. Its available in a downloadable PDF.
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
The second fills in some holes from the previous document.
Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee
Take the two documents together, and you have a good picture of how an Amendments Convention would work.
While the party has become an ineffectual weakling on the national level, it remains an effective force at the state level -- controlling thirty of the fifty states.
Let several of the more important state parties -- say, Texas, Wisconsin, South Carolina -- declare their independence from the national party. Then, see how quickly other state parties might follow suit.
The only states we need to concern ourselves with are the states that lean Republican at the national level. I.e., how the California Republican party reacts is of no consequence.
An intra-party insurrection at the state level is the best way to achieve reform of the national Republican party. There is no need of a third party if such an insurrection is successful.
This is why Thomas Jefferson and others supported the idea
of a peaceful secession.
Christians and those who believe in a small and limited
government are greatly outnumbered.
Do you believe that you can communicate with your Congresscritter or Semator? Then you must believe that you can communicate with the CEO of Exxon. Or some Hollywood celebrutard. How many staffers does a Semator or Congressperson have? What do they do all day? My advice: go talk to your local dogcatcher if you want to get somewhere.